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2004-05 – Week 25 Contact: Mark Fleming (610) 861-1472, (610) 390-7545 or (610) 758-8721

GREYHOUND TRACKS

Team Records as of February 27, 2005

Overall Commonwealth MASCAC/MAC Meets & Tournaments

Baseball 0-0 0-0 0-0

Men’s Basketball 7-18 5-9 7-11 27^th Annual Starters Greyhound Classic

Women’s Basketball 22-5 12-2 15-5 Champions at Catholic Univ. Tip-Off Tournament; Runner-Up at Diversified Invitational; Champions at 4^th Annual Starters Moravian Winter Classic; Commonwealth Conference Runner-Up

Men’s Lacrosse 0-1 0-0

Softball 0-0 0-0 0-0

Men’s Track & Field 0-0 0-0 4^th of 10 at 2005 MAC Indoor Championships

Women’s Track & Field 0-0 0-0 2005 MAC Indoor Champions

GREYHOUND STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Female – Erin Recker (So., Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua HS), track & field

Kirsten Rotzell (Sr., Bangor, PA/Bangor HS), track & field

Stephanie Seaman (Jr., Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS), basketball

Male – Ozzie Brown (Fr., Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh HS), track & field

Scott Silvoy, (Sr., Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS), track & field

UPCOMING HOME EVENTS:

Wednesday, March 2^nd – Women’s Basketball vs. Wesley (DE) College in Eastern College Athletic Conference Southern

Championship Tournament Quarterfinal, 7:00 p.m.

Friday, March 4^th – Women’s Basketball hosts ECAC Division III Southern Championship Tournament Semifinals

(if qualify), 6:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, March 5^th – Women’s Basketball hosts ECAC Division III Southern Championship Tournament Championship

(if qualify), 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 15^th – Baseball vs. Haverford College, 3:00 p.m.; Women’s Lacrosse vs. Swarthmore College, 4:00 p.m.;

Men’s Tennis vs. Muhlenberg College, 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday, March 16^th – Men’s Lacrosse vs. Muhlenberg College, 3:00 p.m.

*Conference opponent

FOR DAILY UPDATES OF MORAVIAN COLLEGE ATHLETICS,

CALL THE GREYHOUND SPORTSLINE AT (610) 625-7865 or VISIT THE MORAVIAN COLLEGE WEBSITE AT WWW.MORAVIAN.EDU/ATHLETICS, UPDATED DAILY AT 8:00 A.M. AND 7:00 P.M.

Greyhound Weekly Update, February 28, 2005 (-2222-)

Women’s Basketball – 22-5 (Commonwealth Conference 12-2, MASCAC 15-5)

Last Week – Defeated Widener University, 78-71 in Commonwealth Conference Semifinals; Lost to Messiah College, 57-51, in Commonwealth Conference Championship.

This Week – Wed., Mar. 2^nd vs. Wesley (DE) College in Eastern College Athletic Conference Southern Championship Quarterfinal, 7:00 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., Mar. 4^th & 5^th in ECAC Southern Championships at highest remaining seed, TBA

Moravian, the top seed in the 2005 Commonwealth Conference Tournament, advanced to the championship game for the third straight year with a 78-71 victory over fourth-seeded Widener University in a semifinal contest in Johnston Hall. The game remained close in the first half with the score tied at 6-6 with 16-14 remaining in the half. Moravian went on a 7-0 run to take a 13-6 lead with 14:02 to play, however, the Pioneers countered with a 9-2 run to tie the contest at 15-15. Widener eventually took the lead at 17-16 with 9:16 left before in the intermission but Moravian took the lead back at 20-19 at the 7:28 mark. T he Greyhounds would build a 28-24 lead with 3:07 remaining before halftime, however, Moravian failed to score in the remainder of the half, and Widener scored six points for a 30-28 halftime advantage. Moravian tied the game quickly in the second half and went on a 10-2 run to start the half, taking a 38-32 lead with 17:36 remaining in the game. The Greyhounds would hold the lead for the next six minutes before the Pioneers fought back for a 51-50 lead with 11:49 remaining in the contest. The teams would trade the lead, and the game would be tied at 55-55 with 10:20 left when Moravian sophomore guard Katie Rizman (Wall, NJ/St. Rose HS) connected on the Greyhounds only three-pointer of the game, giving Moravian the lead for good at 58-55. The Greyhounds put the game away at the foul line over the final three minutes making eight free throws building up to the 78-71 victory. Moravian held a 56-41 advantage on the boards in the victory. The Greyhounds had four players in double figures including the third straight double-double for junior forward Stephanie Seaman (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS), who had game highs of 17 points and 13 rebounds. Seaman also had two of Moravian's ten blocked shots in the game. Sophomore forward Kelly Applegate (Easton, PA/Wilson HS) had her first double-double of the season for the Greyhounds with 15 points and ten rebounds. Applegate also added three assists and two blocked shots. Sophomore forward Jenny Hackleman (Solvang, CA/Rutgers Prep {NJ} HS) also netted 15 points, all in the second half, to go with seven rebounds, three blocked shots and two assists. Rizman scored ten points and added a career high eight rebounds, three assists and three steals in the Moravian victory. Sophomore guard Rachel Berlin (Bethlehem, PA/Freedom HS) had nine points, four steals and four rebounds while junior forward Heather MacDonald (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley HS) netted five points. Senior guard Jen Behagg (Hamburg, NJ/Pope John XXIII HS) dished out a team high four assists for the Greyhounds with five rebounds and three points while junior guard Nicole Savino (Macungie, PA/Brandywine Heights HS) and freshman guard Sara Steinman (Springfield, NJ/Jonathon Dayton HS) each contributed two points in the victory

Moravian, the top seed in the Commonwealth Conference Tournament, fell to second seeded Messiah College, 57-51, in the Commonwealth Conference Championship game in Johnston Hall. The loss was the Greyhounds first of the season at home and snapped a 13-game winning streak in Johnston Hall dating back to last season. Moravian, now 22-5 this winter, must await the announcement of the 2005 Eastern College Athletic Conference Southern Championship bracket on Monday. Messiah jumped out to a quick 9-0 lead before Moravian got on the board at the 16:28 mark. The Falcons would lead by 11 points with a 17-6 advantage with 11:19 before the intermission, however, the Greyhounds ran off eight straight points to cut Messiah's lead to 17-14 with 8:22 left in the first half. The Falcons answered the run with a 7-0 run of their own to rebuild a double digit lead at 24-14 at the 5:50 mark. Moravian would pull within 26-20 with a minute remaining in the first half before Messiah scored the final points of the half for a 28-20 halftime advantage. The Greyhounds had one of their worst shooting halves of the season, making just eight of 28 field goal attempts (28.6 percent). Moravian did make four of five free throw attempts in the first half while committing 16 turnovers. In the second half, Messiah quickly built a 13-point lead at 36-23 with 16:30 left in the game. Moravian would embark on a 20-6 run over the next ten and a half minutes to take its only lead of the game at 43-42 with 5:59 remaining when Behagg made both free throws after a technical foul was called on the Messiah bench. The game was tied at 45-45 with 5:18 to go, and the closest the Greyhounds could get after that would be two points, trailing 49-47 with 2:52 left in the game. Messiah would put the contest away at the free throw line, making six of nine attempts in the final 1:40. Moravian's shooting woes continued in the second half, making just 11 of 32 field goal attempts (34.4 percent) with one three-pointer and eight of ten free throws. Both teams had 37 rebounds in the game, and Moravian forced Messiah into 22 turnovers for the contest while the Greyhounds committed 20 turnovers. Moravian had its worst shooting day of the season at 31.7 percent (19 of 60), and failed to make at least 20 field goal attempts in a games for just the third time in 27 games this season. Moravian, which entered the game ranked 31st in the nation in scoring offense, also had its lowest point total of the year by seven points. Moravian, ranked eighth in the nation this week in free throw percentage, falls to just 4-5 when shooting over 80 percent in a game this season as the team was 12 of 15 (80 percent) in the loss to Messiah. The Greyhounds, who entered the game averaging 25 free throws a game and were held under 20 attempts for just the sixth time this season, are 18-0 when shooting under 80 percent at the foul line. Moravian had two players in double figures led by Seaman, who netted 14 points to go with six rebounds. Behagg had ten points, five rebounds and four assists for the Greyhounds, raising her career assist total to 370 (second in school history). Applegate had eight points and two rebounds for Moravian while Rizman had seven points, all in the first half, with three rebounds and three steals. Hackleman and Berlin each netted six points for the Greyhounds with Hackleman adding team highs of eight rebounds, three blocked shots and three steals. Berlin also had three rebounds and two steals.

Greyhound Weekly Update, February 28, 2005 (-3333-)

Men’s Basketball – 7-18 (Commonwealth Conference 5-9, MASCAC 7-11)

Season Complete

Senior forward Brandon Zaleski (Hackettstown, NJ/Hackettstown HS) of the Moravian College men’s basketball team has earned a spot on the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team for the third consecutive season announced last Monday. Joining Zaleski on the All-Conference First Team were Trevor Deeter of Albright College, Kyle Conrad from Elizabethtown College, Bubba Mills of Susquehanna University and J.D. Byers of Lebanon Valley College, who garnered Commonwealth Player of the Year accolades. Rick Ferry of Albright was named the Commonwealth Coach of the Year while Mike Malko of Susquehanna was named the Commonwealth Conference Rookie of the Year.

Zaleski helped the Greyhounds post a 7-18 overall record and led the Greyhounds in scoring at 17.2 points per game. Zaleski, who was second in rebounding at 7.1 boards a contest, ranks second in the Commonwealth Conference in scoring and sixth in rebounding. Zaleski also had a team high 20 blocked shots, and he contributed 30 steals, 44 assists and ten three-pointers. Zaleski shot 46.5 percent (144 of 310) from the floor, 38.5 percent (10 of 26) behind the three-point line and 76.7 percent (132 of 172) at the foul line. He is 13^th in the Commonwealth in field goal percentage and seventh in free throw percentage.

Zaleski became Moravian’s men’s all-time leading scorer last week and finished his career with 1,891 points, and he also finished his career at Moravian ranked fourth in career rebounds with 723. Zaleski has also won numerous awards in his career including being named the Commonwealth Conference Rookie of the Year and a Second Team All-Conference selection in his freshman year. Two years ago, Zaleski has been named the Lehigh Valley Small College Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, the Most Valuable Player of the Emmanuel (MA) Tap-Off Tournament and to the All-Tournament Team at the Greyhound Rock Classic, Commonwealth All-Conference First Team and Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year. Last season, he was named the Most Valuable Player of the Scotty Wood Tournament and the 26^th Annual Greyhound Rock Classic and to the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team. This season, Zaleski earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team at the 27^th Annual Starters Greyhound Classic.

Men’s Lacrosse – 0-1 (Middle Atlantic Conference 0-0)

Last Week – Lost to Wesley (DE) College, 13-5.

This Week – off

Moravian dropped its 2005 season opener, falling to Wesley (DE) College, 13-5, in non-conference action. The Wolverine jumped out to a 7-0 lead before Moravian scored its first goal of the season with 3:29 remaining in the second quarter. Wesley had a 38-16 edge in shots and held a 39-16 advantage in groundballs. Sophomore attack Daniel Larson Dover, DE/Dover HS) and sophomore midfielder T.J. Hirsch (Lake Peekskill, NY/Walter Panas HS) each had two goals for Moravian while freshman attack Scott Jackson (Greenwood, DE/Sussex Tech HS) had one goal in his first collegiate game. Sophomore attack Clint Quedenfeld (Chalfont, PA/Central Bucks West HS) dished out three assists for Moravian while sophomore midfielder Ken Blom (Rochelle Park, NJ/Bergen Catholic HS) had one assist. Freshman goalie Peter Coutros (Chalfont, PA/Central Bucks West HS) made 16 saves for the Greyhounds in his first collegiate contest.

Softball – 0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)

This Week – Fri., Mar. 4^th vs. ^Virginia Wesleyan College, 11:00 .m. & vs. ^Chowan (NC) College, 3:00 p.m.; Sat., Mar. 5^th vs. ^Frostburg State (MD) University, 9:00 a.m. & vs. ^Christopher Newport (VA) University, 3:00 p.m. ^Atlantic versus East Challenge, Virginia Beach, VA

Moravian, tied for second in the 2005 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Preseason Poll, will open its 2005 season this coming weekend with four games at the Atlantic versus East Challenge hosted by Virginia Wesleyan College in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Greyhound Weekly Update, February 28, 2005 (-4444-)

Women’s Indoor Track & Field – 0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)

Last Week – 1^st of 10 at 2005 Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Championships hosted by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

This Week – Off

Moravian won its tenth straight Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Championship with 150 points at the 2005 Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Susquehanna University. The host Crusaders placed second in the meet with 90.33 points. Moravian senior Kirsten Rotzell (Bangor, PA/Bangor HS) was named the Most Outstanding Performer, for the second time in her career, at the meet while head coach Doug Pollard earned MAC Coach of the Year honors. Rotzell won the long jump with a leap of 5.47 meters (17 feet, 11 1/2 inches), and she captured first in the triple jump at 11.23 meters (36 feet, 10 1/4 inches). Both distances are provisional qualifiers for the 2005 NCAA Division Indoor National Championships, and this is the fourth straight year in which Rotzell won both events at the MAC Indoor Championships. Rotzell also finished third in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.49 seconds after running a time of 7.46 seconds in the trials. She was also fourth in the 200-meter dash in 26.80 seconds.

Moravian had four other individual champions with sophomore Erin Recker (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua HS) winning the 55-meter dash in a Moravian College and a meet record time of 7.26 seconds, which provisionally qualifies for the NCAA meet. She had a time of 7.31 seconds in the preliminaries. Recker also won the 200-meter dash in 26.29 seconds. Sophomore Suzanne Tamlyn (Wappingers Falls, NY/Wallkill HS) captured the 400-meter dash in a school record time of 59.97 seconds while senior Heather McGarvie (Medford, NJ/Shawnee HS) won the 800-meter run in 2:19.58. The Greyhounds 4x200-meter relay team of Recker, Tamlyn, Rotzell and sophomore Kathleen McCarron (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth HS) won first place with a Moravian College record and an MAC record time of 1:46.06. McGarvie, Tamlyn, senior Margaret Benny (Tamaqua, PA/Tamaqua HS) and sophomore Amy Reehil (Roselle, NJ/Roselle Catholic HS) also set a Moravian record in the 4x400-meter relay while placing second in a time of 4:06.27.

In the other relay events, the Greyhounds' 4,000-meter distance medley relay squad of senior Kellie Smith (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS), junior Lauren Bahnatka (West Chester, PA/Henderson HS) and freshmen Krystyn Fennon (Palmerton, PA/Lehighton HS) and Theresa Zataveski (Quakertown, PA/Gwynedd Mercy Academy HS) was third in a time of 13:14.42. Moravian's 4x800-meter relay squad of Smith, Fennon, Zataveski and junior Alexis Vergalla (Glen Gardner, NJ/Voorhees HS) placed sixth in a time of 10:33.38.

Benny took second in the 55-meter dash with a time of 8.59 seconds after a time of 8.69 seconds in the preliminaries while McCarron was sixth in the 55-meter dash in a time of 7.57 seconds after a time of 7.55 seconds in the trials. McCarron also finished sixth in the 200-meter dash at 27.30 seconds while Benny also placed seventh in the 400-meter dash in a time of 1:03.03.

In the distance events, senior Chelsea Mullins (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe HS) was third in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:32.03. Senior Kim Bushner (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS) took 11th in a time of 20:26.85 while Bahnatka placed 12th in 20:33.86 and freshman Katie Pulizzano (Allentown, PA/William Allen HS) finished 13th in a time of 20:34.53. Smith placed ninth in the 800 meters in 2:29.63.

McCarron was second in the long jump with a leap of 5.22 meters (17 feet, 1 1/2 inches), and she placed eighth in the triple jump with a distance of 10.01 meters (32 feet, 10 1/4 inches). Junior Lynsey Boggess (Washington Township, NJ/Immaculate Heart Academy HS) finished second in the high jump at 1.52 meters (five feet). Junior Rebecca Moore (Easton, PA/Easton HS) finished second in the pole vault, clearing 3.04 meters (ten feet) while freshman Jessica Cianci (Sussex, NJ/Vernon Township HS) was 12th at 2.59 meters (eight feet, six inches). Freshman Ashlee Scarborough (Warrington, PA/’Villa Joseph Marie HS) was 15th in the long jump at 4.38 meters (14 feet, 4 1/2 inches) while Zataveski took 16th with a leap of 4.23 meters (13 feet, 10 1/2 inches).

In the throwing events, senior Julie Anderson (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) placed second in the 20-pound weight throw with a toss of 13.34 meters (43 feet, 9 1/4 inches) while sophomore Tammy Balliet (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) took seventh place in a distance of 11.00 meters (36 feet, 1 1/4 inches). Balliet also placed tenth in the shot with a toss of 9.77 meters (32 feet, 3/4 inch).

Greyhound Weekly Update, February 28, 2005 (-5555-)

Men’s Indoor Track & Field – 0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)

Last Week – 4^th of 10 at 2005 Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Championships hosted by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

This Week – Off

Moravian placed fourth of ten schools at the 2005 Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Susquehanna University. The Greyhounds had 79 points while Elizabethtown College won the meet with 136 points. Moravian freshman Ozzie Brown (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh HS) was named the MAC Rookie of the Year at the meet. Brown captured his first MAC individual championship with a leap of 6.95 meters (22 feet, 9 3/4 inches) in the long jump, which is a provisional qualifying distance for the 2005 NCAA Division III National Championships. He was fourth in the 200 meter dash in 22.95 seconds and third in the finals of the 55-meter hurdles in a time of 7.93 seconds after a time of 8.04 seconds in the preliminaries. Brown teamed with senior Scott Silvoy (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS), and sophomores Josh Kline (Reading, PA/Exeter HS) and Matt Bailey (Reading, PA/Reading HS) to help the Greyhounds win the 4x200-meter relay in a Moravian record and an MAC record time of 1:31.08. Brown, Bailey, Kline and freshman Ty Kern (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin HS) combined to place third in the 4x400-meter relay in 3:29.11.

Freshman Nathaniel Tussey (Perkiomenville, PA/Boyertown Area HS) won the 55-meter hurdles in 7.74 seconds which is a provisional qualifying time for the NCAA meet, after a time of 7.76 seconds in the preliminaries. Bailey placed fourth in the finals at 8.13 seconds after a trial time of 8.11 seconds. Kern finished fifth in the finals of the 55-meter hurdles at 8.30 seconds with a preliminary time of 8.15 seconds. In the 55-meter dash, Silvoy placed fourth in the finals with a time of 6.67 seconds after running a 6.69 race in the preliminaries. Freshman James Bell (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin HS) was 14th in the trials of the 55-meter dash in 6.90 seconds. Silvoy also placed fifth in the 200-meter dash in 22.96 seconds while Bailey was ninth at 23.36 seconds. Kline ran a time of 23.71 seconds in the 200-meter dash while Bell was 18th at 23.93 seconds. Kline also finished third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.78 seconds. Kern was seventh in the race at 52.59 seconds while freshman Erik Nielsen (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown HS) took 15th in the 400-meter dash at 54.62 seconds.

Junior William Shimer (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) was 12th in the 5,000-meter run while the Greyhounds 4,000-meter distance relay team of seniors Patrick Grogan (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame HS) and Dan Corey (Fair Lawn, NJ/Glen Rock HS), junior Greg Rarick (Drums, PA/Hazleton HS) and freshman Erik Boyer (North Wales, PA/North Penn HS) took sixth with a time of 10:52.10. Grogan, Rarick and Boyer teamed up with freshman Jeffrey Meltzer (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough HS) to run a time of 8:42.47 in the 4x800-meter relay to place eighth.

In the field events, junior Michael El Kazzaz (Easton, PA/Easton HS) tied for second in the pole vault, clearing a height of 4.42 meters (14 feet, six inches). Sophomore Steve Kondorossy (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery HS) finished third in the 35-pound weight throw with a toss of 14.29 meters (46 feet, 10 3/4 inches) while freshman Robert Bernadyn (Mahanoy City, PA/Mahanoy Area HS) was seventh at 12.81 meters (42 feet, 1/2 inches). Corey was 16th in the high jump at 1.77 meters (five feet, ten inches) while Nielsen was 17th in the long jump with a leap of 5.53 meters (18 feet, 1 3/4 inches). Sophomore Patrick Callahan (Matawan, NJ/Matawan HS) placed 15th in the shot put with a toss of 11.76 meters (38 feet, seven inches).

Baseball – 0-0 (Commonwealth Conference 0-0, MASCAC 0-0)

This Week – Sat., Mar. 5^th vs. *Juniata College in Chandler Arizona, 9:00 a.m. PST; Sun., Mar. 6^th vs. *Juniata College (DH) in Chandler, Arizona, 11:00 a.m. PST. *Commonwealth Conference game

Moravian will open its 2005 regular and Commonwealth Conference seasons this coming weekend as the Greyhounds begin their spring break trip to Chandler, Arizona with a three-game Commonwealth Conference Series versus Juniata College.